Long before today’s tree-dwelling sloths, a 4-ton giant roamed South America — and it may have stood and fought like a bear.

Long before hikers worried about grizzlies on North American trails, an even more intimidating predator ruled the continent.

A tiny, lizardlike carnivore that skittered across swampy ground roughly 300 million years ago helped set the stage for some of the largest plant eaters the planet has ever seen. Its story is a ...

LeFleur’s Bluff State Park and its jewel, Mayes Lake, might be the best-kept secret in Jackson that isn’t really a secret at ...

Fans of the movie franchise Zootopia know that sloths make the perfect DMV (Department of Mammal Vehicles) workers.

Sloths have a very unusual mating call, but for a very good reason. Read here to learn about sloths mating calls, and ...

Inside this interactive zoo, you can hold a Burmese python, cuddle with a sloth, hold a small alligator or lizard, feed and ...

While sharks may have emerged before trees, it’s the latter that holds the title of the longest-living organisms. The oldest-known, still-living, individual tree is a 4,857-year-old Californian ...